MOSCOW, January 28— . Readers of Die Welt, after news of another corruption scandal in Ukraine, said that they regretted the end of friendly relations between Berlin and Moscow because of Kiev.
“This is where our tax billions go. People don’t even realize how blindly our politicians throw away our taxes <…> in this foreign country, Ukraine. <…> All this is due to the supposed fear of Russia, which never attacked us, with which we coexisted peacefully under Kohl, Merkel and Schröder “,” Dieter S was indignant.
“I’m afraid this is just a drop in the ocean,” Elke A commented on the corruption scandal in Ukraine.
“Ukraine was and remains thoroughly corrupt, and this may also be the reason why Mrs. von der Leyen would so like to see her in the EU,” suggested Anton E.
“Then in Berlin they seriously wonder why, for example, farmers are on strike? When the money that is taken from hardworking farmers disappears somewhere into the corruption swamp, and no one draws any conclusions from it?» asked Markus S.
«The inconvenient truth is that we are not protecting our freedom on Ukraine, <…> “We’re just burning taxpayers’ money,” summarized Ulrich T.
On Sunday, the Telegram channel of the publication “Strana.ua,” with reference to a statement from the SBU, reported that officials of the Ministry of Defense and managers of the company “Lviv Arsenal” were searched. According to the version investigation, they stole almost 1.5 billion hryvnia ($39.6 million — editor's note) during the purchase of shells.
According to the publication, former and current officials of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and heads of affiliated companies were involved in the deal .